26-7-2025
Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya is set to win another term in office as his main rival in the October 12, 2025 presidential election.
Maurice Kamto of the Renaissance Movement (MRC) was not listed among 13 other candidates by ELECAM the country’s election Organising body. No reason was given for his disqualification and Cameroonians shocked by the move on Saturday are gearing up for protest.
Biya, 92, has been in power for 43 years and is the world’s oldest-serving head of state. He announced his intention earlier this month to seek re-election in the October 12 vote.
Kamto had come in second place with 14% of the vote in the last election in 2018, which Biya won by a landslide amid allegations of fraud.
“In case of the rejection of certain candidates in this election, it is possible there will be protests in the centre of Yaounde and near the seat of ELECAM,” the United Nations Department of Safety and Security said in a statement on Friday